So in the space of two comments you’ve gone from arguing:
Scott didn’t ban any of the collection of ideas but the term itself: “I am banning the terms “human biodiversity” and “hbd” – this doesn’t necessarily mean banning all discussion of those topics, but it should force people to concentrate on particular claims rather than make sweeping culture-war-ish declarations about the philosophy as a whole. ”
to justifying Scott’s decision by saying:
Additionally, Scott blog isn’t a forum for discussing US culture wars.
This looks like a straightforward example of what Eliezer calls logical rudeness.
So in the space of two comments you’ve gone from arguing:
to justifying Scott’s decision by saying:
This looks like a straightforward example of what Eliezer calls logical rudeness.